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Gay Film Makers

Are there any gay filmmakers that make films that are any good?

by Anonymousreply 90January 17, 2020 9:04 PM

Terence Davies

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

James Ivory

etc etc

by Anonymousreply 5January 14, 2020 2:43 PM

Pedro Almodovar Alejandro Amenabar Xavier Dolan Christophe Honoré

by Anonymousreply 9January 14, 2020 4:06 PM

Sorry, I forgot the spaces

by Anonymousreply 11January 14, 2020 4:07 PM

I worship Xavier Dolan. I like Gus Van Sant and Todd Haynes too.

by Anonymousreply 14January 14, 2020 4:09 PM

They said good films, R15.

by Anonymousreply 16January 14, 2020 4:12 PM

Francis Lee for God's Own Country, and Andrew Haigh for Weekend (2011) and Looking; The Movie.

by Anonymousreply 21January 14, 2020 4:50 PM

Sorry meant Clive Barker not Craven.

by Anonymousreply 25January 14, 2020 6:46 PM

Marco Berger for me. His sensibilities align with mine perfectly.

by Anonymousreply 26January 14, 2020 6:48 PM

Another thumbs up for F.W. Murnau and James Whale.

by Anonymousreply 27January 14, 2020 7:15 PM

[quote] They said good films, [R15].

Your response should be to R12. I’ll take [italic]Independence Day[/italic] and [italic]Stonewall[/italic] over some sick fascist pedo melodrama.

by Anonymousreply 28January 14, 2020 8:03 PM

I really liked Midway, it's probably his best since Independence Day

by Anonymousreply 29January 14, 2020 8:05 PM

There are a handful and they'v mostly already been named. Most gay themed movies suck really hard and are just an excuse for a bunch of male models who can't act to run around shirtless (or less).

by Anonymousreply 31January 14, 2020 8:15 PM

Only a gay director could have gotten away with killing off Harvey Fierstein in the first act.

by Anonymousreply 32January 14, 2020 8:19 PM

John Waters

Todd Haynes

Gregg Araki

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Alan Ball

Paul Morrissey

George Cukor

Bryan Singer (say what you want, haters)

Franco Zeferelli (yeah, he also raped people)

Kenneth Anger

James Whale

John Schlesinger

Francois Ozon

Pedro Almodovar

Kimberly Pierce

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Jean Cocteau

Chantal Akerman

Luca Guadagnino

John Cameron Mitchell

John Krokidas

Alain Guiraudie

Alejandro Amenabar

Xavier Dolan

Derek Jarman

Jim Fall

John Greyson

Lisa Cholodenko

Todd Graff

Merchant-Ivory

Julie Taymor

Robert Luketic

Gus Van Sant

Luchino Visconti

Nicholas Hytner

Stephen Daldry

Tate Taylor

Madeline Olnek

Tom Ford

I don't like them overall. But these homosexuals have directed at least one, good film:

Ryan Murphy

Adam Shankman

Roland Emmerich

Lee Daniels

Joel Schumacher

Rob Marshall

Randall Kleiser

Clive Barker

Don Mancini

Bill Condon

by Anonymousreply 33January 14, 2020 8:48 PM

Wash West and Richard Glatzer

Jonah Markowitz's SHELTER is good.

James Bolton's DREAM BOY is good.

Q. Allan Brocka's BOY CULTURE is good.

John Maybury's LOVE IS THE DEVIL is good.

by Anonymousreply 34January 14, 2020 8:54 PM

Jesus Christ. Do we need to feed a troll like OP who is so lazy as to ask such a stupid question, when all the world's information is at his fingertips?

by Anonymousreply 35January 14, 2020 8:58 PM

R35 The OP asked for recommendations to promote a discussion of their works and the directors themselves, not just for lists.

by Anonymousreply 36January 14, 2020 9:02 PM

Well you're in luck, r36.

Because I've just provided a list vetted for quality, since the OP asked for "films that are any good;' not "just a list at your fingertips."

OP doesn't have to read any, other list now.

by Anonymousreply 37January 14, 2020 9:50 PM

R36 yeah where does the OP ask for that? And where is the discussion?

Here's another one for you:

"Jewish Film Makers

Are there any jewish filmmakers that make films that are any good?"

It's like asking if there is any tasty fruit.

Or if there are any nice cities in Europe.

by Anonymousreply 38January 14, 2020 9:55 PM

The documentary filmmaking team of Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman have made a number of films:

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Paragraph 175

The Celluloid Closet

Word Is Out

and two that won Oscars for Best Documentary:

The Times of Harvey Milk

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

by Anonymousreply 39January 14, 2020 10:07 PM

Why are so many gay films just shitty?

by Anonymousreply 40January 14, 2020 10:20 PM

Instead of flooding DL with another list that could be easily pasted from a thousand sites, why not explain what you like about a specific filmmaker?

Someone upthread cited Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a gay filmmaker from Thailand. His work is dreamlike, marrying the mundane to the spiritual. His movie Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is a motherfucking masterpiece. I appreciate it best while high, but anyone should be able to find wonder on this film.

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by Anonymousreply 41January 14, 2020 10:22 PM

A lot of my favorites have already been cited but I’ll add the following: Paul Bartel, Andy Milligan, Yukio Mishima, Tony Richardson, Tsai Ming-liang, Patrice Chéreau, Sergei Parajanov, Claude Jutra, Lindsay Anderson, George Kuchar, Dennis Cooper, Werner Schroeter and André Téchiné.

Gus Van Sant and Todd Haynes showed promise early on but sold out.

Can’t stand twee, BUTT magazine-style filmmaking like Andrew Haigh and especially Xavier Dolan.

Luca Guadagnino and Tom Ford are downright schmaltzy and awful.

by Anonymousreply 42January 14, 2020 10:58 PM

French director-writer, Camille Vidal-Naquet's first film Sauvage (Wild) was quite good. I've been wondering what he might have planned next.

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by Anonymousreply 43January 15, 2020 12:00 AM

Don Mancini deserves props for keeping the Child's Play series afloat. He's the only case I can think of where the same person has written every single film in the franchise and it shows. He actually cares about the characters and taking the stories into new, interesting places and not repeating himself. Some didn't like that the series got campy with Bride and Seed of Chucky, but it was bound to happen eventually considering it's a series about a fucking killer doll.

by Anonymousreply 44January 15, 2020 12:04 AM

Marginal/Underground filmmaker Todd Verow makes pretty bad movies. However, his gritty 2012 Bottom is a masterpiece on a shoestring.

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by Anonymousreply 45January 15, 2020 12:17 AM

R40, most films of any kind are awful. And maybe gifted gay directors don't want to be seen as making "gay films," which are still believed to have a limited audience.

by Anonymousreply 46January 15, 2020 12:22 AM

I am fond of shitty marginal "gay movies" from around the world. There are dozens and dozens made every year. Most are not any "good" as cinema but if you adjust your expectations, you can tour around the world and get a sense of how it is for gays in other cultures. They often offer eye candy, too. There is a kind of charm because they are labours of love and ego by not so talented people.

by Anonymousreply 47January 15, 2020 12:28 AM

OP, have you considered doing a search on Wikipedia? It might have saved some time.

Don Roos

Xavier Dolan

Tom Ford

Jodie Foster

Another vote for John Waters, Todd Haynes, Lee Daniels, Bill Condon, Alan Ball

by Anonymousreply 48January 15, 2020 12:29 AM

The DL loves this kind of trolling. The Vietnam War - What was the point? Any issues?

It's one of the Trolling Templates guaranteed to get responses.

Here's another: "Frank Sinatra - Vastly Overrated! And charmless. Why was he a star?" Template: Provocative untrue opening gambit.

by Anonymousreply 49January 15, 2020 12:40 AM

R49, the result of trolling can be interesting, and this trolling was benign.

by Anonymousreply 51January 15, 2020 12:48 AM

Agreed. Though there is always something passive aggressive about intellectual laziness, even from a stupid person unable to contribute more.

French and their food. Do they cook anything that is any good?

by Anonymousreply 52January 15, 2020 12:52 AM

Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Any art there that is any good?

by Anonymousreply 53January 15, 2020 12:54 AM

A lot have been said but I haven't seen Eytan Fox mentioned in this thread. Fantastic israeli filmmaker.

by Anonymousreply 54January 15, 2020 12:59 AM

Instead of complaining, why don't you contribute something to this thread? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Just because I start a list type of thread doesn't make me intellectually lazy. Sometimes, I like to test the waters first, and if others bite, I'll become more invested in the discussion.

by Anonymousreply 55January 15, 2020 1:01 AM

I did contribute a director, film and an opinion about it, above. Why don't you now contribute, if you aren't an ignoramus and actually have "any good" suggestions of your own?

by Anonymousreply 56January 15, 2020 1:04 AM

[quote]doesn't make me intellectually lazy

Hmmm

[quote]Are there any gay filmmakers that make films that are any good?

You might not be intellectually lazy, but you definitely created an intellectually lazy thread.

by Anonymousreply 57January 15, 2020 1:04 AM

OP probably doesn't understand that he insulted a century long history of gay filmmakers. ("Any good ones?" "Well!?" "Are any at all even good?" "I certainly can't come up with a name off the top of my head!") Very little attention to word choice.

by Anonymousreply 58January 15, 2020 1:08 AM

Jewish Writers

Are there any jewish writers that write books that are any good?

Well?

by Anonymousreply 59January 15, 2020 1:09 AM

R43, it's such a sad film, I can still remember it. Awful

by Anonymousreply 60January 15, 2020 1:11 AM

R48, Jodie Foster.....hahahahahahahahahahahahaha..... Oh, come on Jodie Foster???

by Anonymousreply 61January 15, 2020 1:12 AM

R59 Perhaps narrowing the focus to a specific genre or country would have helped. There are simply too many films, especially if the only criteria is that the filmmaker is gay.

by Anonymousreply 62January 15, 2020 1:13 AM

R48, Lee Daniels — certainly. But Jodie Fos-ter?

by Anonymousreply 63January 15, 2020 1:13 AM

The most successful filmmakers like John Waters and Pedro Almodovar don't make only gay films per se. Most gay films I've watched this year have been from first time filmmakers, women, and even straight men.

by Anonymousreply 64January 15, 2020 1:23 AM

Uber gay, genius, Mitchell Leisen

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by Anonymousreply 65January 15, 2020 1:32 AM

Is Frank Henenlotter gay? His films have a lot of male eye candy. Brain Damage is my favorite.

by Anonymousreply 68January 15, 2020 1:35 AM

Xavier Dolan should be included because he’s fuckable. Francois Ozon should be included because he’s a master.

by Anonymousreply 69January 15, 2020 2:16 AM

R43 - Yeah, Sauvage was quite good.

Another gay film that I liked - actually in this case loved - was the End of the Century from gay Argentinian filmmaker Lucio Castro (making his first feature-length film).

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by Anonymousreply 70January 15, 2020 4:39 AM

R41 = Jealous Bitch that I’ve seen more movies than her.

by Anonymousreply 71January 15, 2020 4:56 AM

Don Mancini certainly did NOT write every movie in the Chucky franchise, r44.

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by Anonymousreply 72January 15, 2020 4:59 AM

No, Frank Henenlotter is not gay. His films have a lot of T&A, too.

by Anonymousreply 73January 15, 2020 5:03 AM

No one does unspoken sexual tension like Marco Berger. I love subtlety as opposed to hitting you in the face with a sledgehammer. As for the obligatory sex scene which Americans seem to crave in every movie, we have porn for that.

by Anonymousreply 74January 15, 2020 12:54 PM

It becomes repetitive to have sexual tension that characters are somehow 12 year olds terrified to act on it r74. I liked in Marco Berger's newest movie Un Rubio the characters actually act on it early in the movie and the tension instead becomes about what that means to each one.

by Anonymousreply 75January 15, 2020 3:31 PM

Gus Van Saint has been nominated more than once. He has made some great films. There are others...

by Anonymousreply 76January 15, 2020 4:02 PM

Careful R74, that around here is called 'lesbianism' and it is liked one bit on the DL.

by Anonymousreply 77January 15, 2020 9:19 PM

I don't even know if Greg Ariki is gay or not...I thought he was gay, then he married a woman.

by Anonymousreply 79January 15, 2020 9:40 PM

I assumed that Paul Verhoeven is gay but I guess not.

by Anonymousreply 80January 15, 2020 10:12 PM

R79 from Wikipedia:

[quote] Araki has previously self-identified as "a gay Asian American".[25] Contrary to the statement, beginning in 1997 he had a relationship with actress Kathleen Robertson, that ended in 1999.[26][27][28] In a 2014 interview, Araki said that "[I] don’t really identify as anything", adding "[I] probably identify as gay at this point, but [I] have been with women".[29]

by Anonymousreply 81January 15, 2020 11:35 PM

R45 Todd Verow made a couple of interesting films but then they all became about bug chasing and that crazy old punk rock lady he kept giving starring roles to. Also, did anyone else here know Verow appeared in a Ray Dragon/Joe Gage porn video he played a cop and he's sweaty and limp through almost the entire scene and when he does get hard his cock is so curved it looks like a boomerang.

by Anonymousreply 82January 16, 2020 1:08 AM

[quote]I don't even know if Greg Ariki is gay or not...I thought he was gay, then he married a woman.

He can't make a good film to save himself, that's for sure.

by Anonymousreply 83January 16, 2020 2:34 AM

Rob Marshall has exactly one good movie on his résumé and it starts with a "C" and ends with an "O".

by Anonymousreply 84January 16, 2020 2:51 AM

Many try to go mainstream like “see? I can make straight films too” and become mediocre. Even Almafovar isn’t as good as he used to be. Many are also obsessed with straight men, always casting them as gay leads and in Lee Daniel’s (who I loathe) case he’s obsessed with straight white males. Oh, what an honor this handsome straight man deigned to play gay. Pathetic!

by Anonymousreply 85January 16, 2020 8:30 AM

That guy who directed that semi-bug chasing movie I Want Your Love.

by Anonymousreply 87January 17, 2020 7:18 PM

Louise Hogarth, lesbian director of [italic]The Gift[/italic], a documentary about bugchasers

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by Anonymousreply 88January 17, 2020 7:28 PM

R87, that was a bug chasing movie? Granted, I fast forwarded through most of it to get to the sex scenes, but I don't remember that. All I remember is that the guy had a knack for filming realistic, intimate gay sex scenes.

by Anonymousreply 89January 17, 2020 7:45 PM

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by Anonymousreply 90January 17, 2020 9:04 PM

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